The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-06

cu CtiIeS SoNcrnincHt many Vi bhe IT,
male clerks use pens aud pencils
decorated with ribbon bows.
In Philadelphia lives man who
weighs not more than nine pounds and
measures only sixteen inches in height.
He is 22 years old The museums are
sitter him.
In is said that Senator Jones, of Flor
ida. will surely be back in his seat when
congress opens. as there is talk of cut
ting OIL his pay of $l3 day unless he
Seturns to his post
liz Cedartown Ga, has been organic
al an association for the purpose OF
holding perpetual county exhibition
Of native resources, by which the town
may be advertised.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, who is preach.
ing crusade against legal verbosity,
says that the people Of New York pay
sanually over 100000 for recording
surplus words in mortgages.
20. w. HOLMES" is the way Dr. Oh.
yer Wendell III. signs his name, and
he makes the ''P' SO small that it looks
like part of the IN" His hand
writing is almost as clear as that of
good bookkeeper.
A MONUMENT is to be erected to Paul
ri. Hayne over his grave in Augusta
Ga, and the chairman of the commit
zee to receive contributions is James r.
Randall, of The augusta Chronicle, au-
thor of Maryland, My Maryland"
HENRY M. STANLEY is rem arkabe for
broad head, very thick through the
cheek bones. His hair is still dark and
thick, covering the temples He is of
middle size, weighing about 100 pounds.
He looks like man of about so years
sf age.
CoNGREssMAN-E Yosr, of Vir-
ginia. is the son of Maj. Yost, of The
Stanton Valley NrgiDian, and will
probably be the youngest man in the
Gftieth congress, as he is only 80. He
"a n republican, and is now mayor OF
Staunton.
A COUSIN of Charles Dickens. who is
said to be living in New York under
very straitencd circumstances, abso-
lutely refuses to sell valuable auto
graph letters of the great novelist
though handsome prices have been
offered by collectors
Mrs. SARAH A. KELLY, of Homes.
dale, well known as the Bard of Shanty
HILL" and prospective Bard of the
Nation" has gone to Washington to
push her claim for the laureateship.
Mrs. Kelley has written some things
which she considers incomparably bet
ter than anything ever penned by Ten
nyson.
In Greenfield, Mass, G. NJ. Yacu-
bian, YOUNG Turk, is trying TO obtain
the necessities of life by selling orien-
tai goods. A few years ago his father
was one of the richest men in Turkey,
but lost his fortune in the opium trade.
The young man is trying to prepare
himself for college. He is a diligent
student and can talk iuently in -four
languages
DE WITT TALMAGE is quoted by
The Pittsburgh Chronicle as saying: 81
prepare my sermons usually by walking
the floor or on a railway train. / can
think better when in motion than when
stationary. | sometimes jot down notes
Oh a train though generally carry them
in my head. When | go off on jour
ney, by the time | get back home ]
have sermons blocked out for 100 years.
THE moonstone holds its own with
strong tenaeity. and will prove a
first class selling article during the hol
day trade, says The Jetoeiers' Circular.
These stones are set both in gold and
silver. the latter being the newer of the
two, and perhaps the most popular.
The finer specimens OF Ceylon noon
stones, those IN which the chdtoydHt re-
aaofior l. most marked arc sat in